Soon, Japanese PSP owners are going to be able to use their PSP to record TV programming in conjunction with the 1seg tuner, which saw release in Japan earlier this year.
The new functionality will be available with firmware update 3.80, which will be released on December 18th in Japan. Once it comes, PSP owners will be able to record programming on the 1seg broadcast service on the fly. They'll even be able to preset the PSP to record programmes using the 1seg channel guide. TV content can be held on a Memory Stick Duo.
What Japanese gamers won't be able to do, unfortunately, is record programmes and use their PSPs for gaming - or anything else - at the same time.
The update will also enable the PSP to be used as an internet radio player.
Last, but not least (well, maybe least) - the update will allow PSP owners to grab demos and wallpapers at BB Mobile points, which provide wi-fi hotspots across Japan. Yes, definitely last.
Don't you wish you lived in Japan, eh readers?
The new functionality will be available with firmware update 3.80, which will be released on December 18th in Japan. Once it comes, PSP owners will be able to record programming on the 1seg broadcast service on the fly. They'll even be able to preset the PSP to record programmes using the 1seg channel guide. TV content can be held on a Memory Stick Duo.
What Japanese gamers won't be able to do, unfortunately, is record programmes and use their PSPs for gaming - or anything else - at the same time.
The update will also enable the PSP to be used as an internet radio player.
Last, but not least (well, maybe least) - the update will allow PSP owners to grab demos and wallpapers at BB Mobile points, which provide wi-fi hotspots across Japan. Yes, definitely last.
Don't you wish you lived in Japan, eh readers?
Companies:
Sony
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hollywooda 13 Dec 2007 11:30
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Any chanec of Sony turning the PSP into a games console?...
deleted 13 Dec 2007 18:06
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hollywooda wrote:
Any chanec of Sony turning the PSP into a games console?...
i agree but it wouldnt fit in with the PS3`s if they did that, now all we need is ninty to release a cart that allows Wii Virtual console games to be wifi`d to the DS and take out and about and then what need will we have for PSP?